Throughout Craig Raine ’s seventeen-stanza poem several functional devices become apparent with defamiliarisation being the most prominent. Raine also utilises alienation to enable the audience to observe Earth and human behaviour from a Martian ’s "alien" point of view. Marxist theories aid in the interpretation of this poem in that Raine suggests that the printing presses rule the world- or at least its censorship. Freudian literary theories also come in useful when analysing "A Martian Sends a Postcard
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In "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home‚" Craig Raine uses many metaphors to describe what a Martian would see if he came to earth. In the first stanza Raine uses metaphors to describe what a Martian may think a book looks like. Raine makes reference to William Caxton‚ who was the first to print books in England‚ in the first stanza; "Caxtons are mechanical birds with many wings / and some are treasured for their markings. A book would resemble a bird when opened‚ the wings being the many pages‚ and
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Upon first read‚ Craig Raine’s "A Martian Sends A Postcard Home"‚ that was written in 1979‚ may seem to be a poem about random happenings on Earth. However‚ while reading the poem in depth and interpreting the poem it can be read as a Martian that was unfamiliar with Earth and its culture. This poem is filled with metaphors. In Craig Raine’s poem "A Martian Sends A Postcard Home" the very literal in essence it is a Martian writing to his people back home. The theme of difference is represented by
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“A Martian Sends A Postcard Home” The main theme for this poem‚ “A Martian Sends A Postcard Home” is showing that how different people have different perspectives and different way of perceiving things. This poem shows how a Martian would describe some of our everyday thing a lot differently than we would. The Martian has a unique way of describing everyday objects‚ emotions‚ and time. The Martian sees mist as an object that has human like properties such as becoming tired. “Mist is when the
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paper Essay 1- “A Martian Sends a Postcard Home” Prison is a very dark and desolate place that presents the feeling of being trapped. Chris Rain in his poem “A Martian Sends a Postcard Home” talks literally about how a Martian is confused about everything on Earth. Raine’s dad was a former boxer and then became a bomb armorer for the British army‚ so maybe somehow Raine was exposed to prisoners of war and some kind of prison at some point in his life. Most analysts believe that the poem is simple
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Defamiliarization What is it? Defamiliarization is the artistic technique of forcing the audience to see common things in an unfamiliar or strange way‚ in order to enhance perception of the familiar. According to Viktor Shklovsky‚ a Russian writer who coined the term ‘Defamiliarization’‚ “The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are perceived and not as they are known. The technique of art is to make objects‚ unfamiliar‟‚ to make forms difficult‚ to increase the difficulty
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Language and Literature http://lal.sagepub.com/ Foregrounding and the sublime: Shelley in Chamonix David S. Miall Language and Literature 2007 16: 155 DOI: 10.1177/0963947007075982 The online version of this article can be found at: http://lal.sagepub.com/content/16/2/155 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Poetics and Linguistics Association Additional services and information for Language and Literature can be found at: Email Alerts: http://lal.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts
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This essay will discuss how the use of irony expresses the theme of revenge in the story “Dumb Martian” written by John Wyndham. This short story is categorized as science fiction‚ however John Wyndham classifies his series of short stories as logical fantasy. “Dumb Martian” was written after the Second World War‚ where John Wyndham served as a censor in the Ministry of Information. Mr. Wyndham was inspired by his brother’s success in the writing industry and resurrected his writing career in 1951
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Never know what to write in your postcards when you’re on holiday? Read on to find out how to write a good postcard and send it to a friend. EditSteps 1. ------------------------------------------------- 1 ------------------------------------------------- Buy a postcard from a souvenir shop. It could have a picture of the place you’re at on it. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Ads by Google -------------------------------------------------
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